Nucleation-governed reversible self-assembly of an organic semiconductor at surfaces: Long-range mass transport forming giant functional fibers

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3791-3798

  De Luca, Giovanna ^a   Liscio, Andrea ^a   Maccagnani, Piera ^d   Nolde, Fabian ^b   Palermo, Vincenzo ^a   Müllen, Klaus ^b   Samori, Paolo ^c  

^a Istituto per la Sintesi Organica e la Fotoreattività   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NUCLEATION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ALKYL CHAINS; CRYSTALLINE FIBERS; SOLVENT-VAPOR ANNEALING (SVA); TETRAHYDROFURAN (THF);

SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 38049181064     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200700549     Document Type: Article

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